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The decision to pull the plug on Rossland Secondary School last year has put the school district into a deficit position for next year, says the district’s chair.

Darrell Ganzert said School District 20’s preliminary bud-get shows a deficit of $729,540 largely due to a decrease in funding from the Ministry of Education and an increase in CUPE wages not covered by the province ($240,000).

That decrease in funding comes from an enrolment drop of around 100 students, many of them the result of not gaining the full amount of stu-dents from Rossland than was expected when RSS was closed as a secondary school facility, said Ganzert.

The district lost at least 36 students to Seven Summits Centre for Learning this year, some to home school-ing, and possibly to other schools.

The B.C. govern-ment wants to keep the 50-year-old Columbia River Treaty with the U.S. and recalculate the power, flood control and other benefits.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett said B.C. will stick with the treaty and try to con-vince the U.S. govern-ment it is a fair deal. B.C. gets “down-stream benefits” up to $300 million a year from the treaty.

Rossland’s Kimberly Joines’ bid for a silver medal ended in bronze as a German para-lympian’s dis-qualification

Red Mountain Racers’ Kaysa Panke was just selected for the B.C. Team at Whistler Cup, an international ski race with over 24 countries compet-ing, based on her performance in the U14 season and the B.C. Provincial Championships at Sun Peaks Resort last weekend (pictured). For a complete story on the Red Mountain Racers and their latest re-sults, see page 6.

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was overturned by a jury at the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games.

Joines wins the

bronze medal for the wom-en’s sit-ski slalom at the Sochi Paralympics, while German skier Anna Schaffelhuber won gold.

Rossland’s other medal hopeful, Ian Lockey, fin-ished 21st in the men’s

para-snowboard cross late last week.

Schaffelhuber was allowed to make her second run while a decision on her appeal was being made.

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Arts, culture and heritage grant applications availableArtists in all disciplines—as well as arts, culture and heri-

tage organizations—are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Columbia Basin Trust’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Program.

Applications are adjudicated once a year by local arts coun-cils and the CKCA steering committee.

Find out more and get application forms by visiting www.basinculture.com or phoning CKCA at 250-505-5505 or 1-877-505-7355.

Applications must be received by March 7 or March 21, depending on the program.

REDroc modern jive for beginners Check out the Tuesday beginner dance class at the Miners’

Union Hall. Discover modern jive, a creative, stylish and con-stantly evolving style of dance that doesn’t require tricky footwork or a partner. Loved by people of all ages, abilities and musical tastes. Every Tuesday night at the Miners’ Union Hall at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students.

Daffodil salesRossland Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society’s annual daffo-

dil sales takes place April 3-4 at Ferraro Foods, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

In partnership with the Rossland Council for Arts & Culture, there are lots of amazing fi lm courses for youth coming up.

• Film Special EffectsSaturday, April 5, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Miners’ Union Hall Get your fi lm in tip top shape for entry into the U10 Film Festi-

val. Give it the edge it needs by learning special effects.

Mountain Bike Academy ProgramSeven Summits Centre for Learning is working on a Mountain

Bike Academy program for local youth. The program will start in April and run until June.

Program details include; trail building, bike maintenance, instruction and coaching and a trip or two out of town to check out the trails and Bike Parks in B.C. More information will be available soon.

Spring break art classes The Rec Department is running art classes throughout spring

break, from 3-5 p.m. at the Arena Lounge. Instructor Shelley Painter will have lots of amazing programs–each day is a dif-ferent focus. For more information, you can view the complete schedule of activities, on the city’s website, at www.rossland.ca, City Hall, main page.

Lacrosse Development Program for youth Learn the fundamentals of Canada’s oldest sport and get fi t

doing it. Your child will be learning in a controlled environment from a certifi ed coach and long time player.

Players will need a helmet with face cage (a hockey or lacrosse helmet is preferred), padded gloves (hockey style or lacrosse designated), a lacrosse stick (some will be provided and they are available at Canadian Tire).

Although this will be a skills training and conditioning pro-gram, lacrosse is a physically demanding sport. The program begins in April and runs on Wednesdays, from 6-8 p.m. in the Rossland Arena.

Spring break horse campsHarding Heights Ranch is holding Spring Break Camps for

kids. On March 20 or 21, the Ranch is holding camps for kids ages fi ve to nine years, and on March 27 or 28 for children ages 1o and up.

The camps are 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and cost $110 for the day. Please contact Harding Heights Ranch to register at 250-364-0333 or 250-368-1611.

The Rossland Trail Roller Girls (RTRG) are presenting Women on Wheels (WOW), a fundraiser held at the Arlington Bar and Grill scheduled for March 22 at 6 p.m.

Customers will have plenty of opportunities to win prizes throughout the night with door prizes, a 50/50, silent auction and a basket giveaway every half hour.

A band goes live at about 8:30 p.m.

Spring is near and the green thumbs are twitching, so Rossland will host yet another “Seedy Sunday” this weekend, Mar 23, to fi ll gardener’s pockets with local varieties of vegetable and fl ower seeds.

After the crops are planned, a charismatic guest speaker, scrumptious dinner, and an uplifting movie will raise the spirits.

Kicking off at 1 p.m. at the Miners’ Hall (1765 Columbia Ave.), Kootenay gardeners can buy seeds from farms such as Cherry Meadows, Mountain Seed Co., Salt Spring Seeds, and Stellar Seeds.

Other tables will host seed swapping, so bring spare seeds to sell or trade.

Other local vendors will have art, crafts, and local cuisine for sale.

It’s more than a seed fair as the char-ismatic visionary Dan Jason—owner and operator of Salt Spring Seeds—takes the stage at 4 p.m. to expound the virtues of “Seed Saving: as if our lives depended on it!”

Rossland chefs Kim and Brad Robin-son—The Harvest Table and The Moun-tain Chef—will put out a delicious veggie curry at 5:30 p.m., just $8 per plate.

Proceeds from the dinner will help fund Rossland REAL Food’s activities, including the Community Garden, the Mountain Market, gardening workshops, and other local food initiatives.

Then it’s time to sit back, relax, and

digest Growing Cities on the hall’s big, brand-new screen. This newly released fi lm explores inspiring urban farms across the United States. Tickets are $5 at the door and the movie starts rolling at 6:30 p.m.

All proceeds from the movie will be shared by the event co-organizers, both non-profi t societies: the Rossland Coun-cil for Arts and Culture and Rossland REAL Food.

So come on out to the Miners’ Hall this Sunday for superb, locally adapted seeds for your garden, mind-blowing inspiration from a true seed-saving pioneer, a stick-to-the-ribs dinner, and a relaxing tour of burgeoning urban farms across America.

The second Rattlecat Cup rattled Red Mountain Resort on the weekend as the west’s best boarder-cross racers banked slalom action on Rossland’s snowy slopes.

Around 125 riders turned up to throw down the course, said co-orga-nizer Candy Reynolds, which was in great shape

despite the warm weath-er. “It was fast and firm on Saturday and soft and ‘rippable’ on Sunday, per-fect banked slalom condi-tions,” said event orga-nizer Scott Reynolds.

Snowboarders of all ages and abilities were invited to compete. The Rattlecat had such a good turnout that organizers were able to have more categories. “There were some pretty fast times out there,” said Scott.• 15 and under girls

1- Kayla Shepard (2:01.45)2- Alina Stevens (2:04.42)3- Shianne Michalchuk (2:16.10)• 15 and under boys1- Scott Griffi oen (1:48.85)2- Davis Thompson (1:57.74)3- Jonathon Michalchuk (1:57.82)• 35 and over ladies1- Rachel Newton (1:54.30)2- Mags Wadsworth (2:10.87)3- Nicole Briggs (2:27.04)• 35 and over guys1- Caleb Demmler (1:48.96)2- Scott Tymchyshyn (1:53.93)3- Richar Unwin (1:55.04)• Ladies switch1- Stephanie Haines (2:12.22)2- Hannah Bilodeau (2:51.87)3- Myrica Hinich (3:04.63)

• Mens switch1- Matthew Galina (1:56.42)2- Tom Honey (1:59.15)3- Pete Bas (2:02.24)• Snowskate1- Jesse Blackstaffe (2:21.49)2- Dan Brett (2:36.89)3- Tom Honey (3:01.53)• 16-34 ladies1- Stephanie Haines (1:46.53) -fastest woman2- Hannah Bilodeau (1:48.92)3- Myrica Hinich (1:49.04)• 16-34 guys1- Scott Heal (1:39.96) - fastest man2- Tom Honey (1:41.02)3- Austin White (1:41.33)

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There is gold in them thar hills of Rossland, even over 100 years after the gold rush ended.

Dan Wehrle, a professional geoscientist living in Rossland, has begun recent reclamation and gold explo-ration activities near the Golden City on one of its for-mer major gold-producing claims, and the activity looks promising.

The owner of several claims in town, Wehrle has been doing work on the over-100-year-old claims with the intent of making them productive again.

He spoke to city council recently to give the public some knowledge of what he was doing at the eastern foot of Columbia Kootenay Mountain, rather than just relying on gossip and hearsay.

With no corporate backing or sponsorship, Wehrle has undertaken gold exploration in the Rossland region, all by hand. He has concentrated his activities in the old Mining School area, on the Rossland Mascot claim, next to the Columbia Kootenay mine.

“I want to find out if Rossland has another few mil-lion ounces left in her, through the intersection-and-abayment theory, there is very good potential in there,” he said.

In the 1890s several mine tunnels were blocked with ore after they were deemed unproductive—yielding around seven grams of gold per tonne.

The technology wasn’t there to process the ore, said Wehrle, as those early miners needed high grade ore, around one ounce per tonne (about four times as rich).

But with today’s technology, seven grams per tonne is considered ultra high grade ore, said Wehrle.

“So there is opportunity in the little bits that are there,” he said.

Not only is the project a search for more gold, it’s a labour of love as well, said Wehrle.

“We’ve been trying to bring the area back to its original state, or at least as close as we can,” he said.

Since 2010 Wehrle has been working in the area, researching, walking the old claims, sampling but in 2012 he started work in earnest.

In his first two years on the claims he discovered some historical artifacts out there, including an iron dam on one of the creeks.

“That’s part of the job too, to document some of the cultural resources out there,” he said.

There’s an assortment of debris piles, metal, mining cars and old nails littering the site as well. Wehrle is cleaning up a lot of areas as he prospects.

“What I am doing is part of what the ministry is encouraging now that is, when you are permitted to do exploration work, you should be actively at the same time cleaning up after yourself,” he said.

The Mascot claim is an amalgamated, converted, reverted, Crown granted claim that was reverted again to a mineral claim. Wehrle has plans for three more years of reclamation and underground rehabilitation, testing and sampling. In the future there could be a large-scale operation on the site again.

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“We believe, with all due respect to the U.S., that if all of the benefits in the U.S. are identified and valued, that in fact Canada probably does not receive enough,” Bennett said last week.

“There hasn’t been a major flood in the U.S. since the Canadian dams were con-structed,” Bennett said.

The treaty has no expiry date, but it contains a 10-year termination clause that can be invoked by either country. The U.S. State Department has the final say on whether it will continue the treaty or

give notice to withdraw by 2024. Officials at the Portland-based Bonneville Power Administration have recom-mended a “modernized framework that balances power production, flood risk management, and ecosys-tem-based function as the primary purposes addressed in the treaty.”

On the B.C. side, dams on the Columbia system pro-vide about half of the prov-ince’s current electricity sup-ply. Bennett said he expects tough negotiations, but he is confident the treaty can be settled.

Late French Immersion is back for another year in the city of Rossland.

School District 20 is mount-ing another push to garner enough entry-level students for the program—pegged again for Rossland Summit School—for the second fall semester in the city.

Current Grade 5 students are being accepted for regis-tration into the program as Grade 6’s for next year.

The Late French Immersion program provides students with an education equivalent to that which is available in the English language pro-gram. The difference is the Late French Immersion Program provides opportuni-ties for students to acquire a high level of proficiency in French. Students will remain as a group for four years in Rossland, being transferred to Castlegar’s Stanley Humphries Secondary School for grades 10 to 12.

Those interested in signing up can do so online at http://www.sd20.bc.ca/french-immersion.html.

IN BRIEFFrench Immersion

The Trail Special Olympic alpine ski team— From left, Darrel Fry (race coach), Stuart Hawton, Tim McTeer and Stewart Babakaiff—nailed down four medals at the recent regional qualifier in Kelowna.

The team, which trains at Rossland’s Red Mountain Re-sort under the tutelage of race coach Darrel Fry and head coach Kurt Kutcher, will send two athletes to next season’s provincials.

Stewart Babakaiff and Stuart Hawton will be going after taking home three and one medal, respectively, from the qualifier Feb. 8-9.

Babakaiff was first in the novice slalom, first in the novice giant slalom and third in the novice super G. Hawton was second in the intermediate super G.

Also competing but finishing out of the medals was Tim McTeer.

This program is possible because of the generous sup-port of Red Mountain Resort, said Kutcher.

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Taxpayers will be paying $114 more on their municipal property taxes this year.

The city is prepared to hike Rossland homeowners’ taxes by seven per cent, the amount needed to pay for the city’s debt incurred in the Columbia-Washington project.

Although the city has not increased taxes since 2009, it will have to do it this year, despite stripping the budget in a line-item by line-item process for the last four months.

City council went through the operat-ing budget, the capital budget, grants in lieu, grants in aid and every line item in between and trimmed thousands of dol-lars on each.

The city has not lost any major services, said Mayor Greg Granstrom, but every-thing will be running even leaner in 2014.

“We have been able to hold the line well … but now we are at a point where there are no more efficiencies to be found unless we cut services,” he said.

“We went through with a fine-toothed comb and realizing that we provide ser-vices and other amenities that the people of Rossland have come to enjoy and we have to balance that, maintaining those services with any tax increase or decrease.”

The city had to deal with rising costs of fuel, labour, purchasing, gas and electrici-ty, but has managed to absorb those costs with the budget-trimming process.

As a result, the draft plan has been revised numerous times, and the 2014-18 version is now set for public approval on Wednesday, April 2. With the average Rossland house assessed by the province at $255,000, the initial municipal portion of the tax bill for Rosslanders will be $1,630.

The 2014 property tax role for the city is expected to be $3.6 million, including a $33,345 non-market changes addition.

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Mark Wednesday, April 2 on your calendar as the day to belly up to the bar and have your say on the direction the city is going in.

That is the day the city’s financial plan pub-lic consultation will be held, slated for 7 p.m. in city council chambers.

The public meeting will entail a presentation on the city’s proposed budget and five-year fi-nancial plan. The attendees at the meeting will have an opportunity to receive the presenta-tion, ask questions and comment regarding the proposed plan.

“It’s very important for people to present their ideas and opinions on the budget,” said Mayor Greg Granstrom.

He said the budget was not a done deal at that point. Council has been going through the budget process for months and now the people will have a say on the document.

“This is the time to get involved with it, to have a last say,” before the budget is passed in late April.

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From Rossland Miner, March 4, 1914The collapse of the Second Avenue

Bridge caused quite a sensation in the city.

One man on his way home from the Centre Star was near the middle of the bridge when it collapsed under his feet and crashed down into the gulch, a mass of broken and twisted timbers.

The man went all the way to the bot-tom and escaped with his life by a mira-cle. He lay there stunned for some time and, when assistance came, he was too dazed to know what happened. He was shaken up and scratched but not injured seriously.

The bridge went down at about 6:45 p.m. on Friday night. After that the scene was witnessed by a large number of people, some of whom walked out upon the remaining portions of the structure to size it up.

About two hours later, part of the bridge upon which these spectators had stood followed the main portion and fell to the bottom.

The thoroughfare was immediately

blocked. The length of bridge which has fallen is about 150 feet with a 100-foot drop in the centre.

The feature of the incident, which has sent a shiver through the city, is the fact that the bridge was used by hundreds of miners going to and from the mines. It was the main thoroughfare to the mines and a great deal of traffic passed over the structure.

At one time on the day of the acci-dent there were three sleighs, heavily-loaded with ore, besides foot passengers on it.

The bridge was built 16-and-a-half years ago by J.C. Corbin of the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway, on account of their property in Rossland, which the bridge served. A new floor was put on the bridge two years ago and it has been regularly inspected.

It has been suggested that the most feasible way to rebuild the bridge was to arrange with the Consolidated Company to run their waste rock by means of an aerial tram into the gulch, leaving a culvert for the creek below.

In the meantime, pedestrians might use the Great Northern railway bridge by arrangements with the company and the building of a footpath.

Vehicular traffic is crossing by the lit-tle bridge 100 yards to the north, which can be easily strengthened for this pur-pose if necessary.

March 1939All small arms to be registered

An announcement has been issued by the Rossland police department to the effect that all small arms, including revolvers and pistols, must be registered between March 1 and July 1 of this year.

Application for registering may be made at the local police office.

Northern world welcomes springToday is the day when the northern

world throws open its door to spring.

Geographically speaking, it is the day that marks the spring equinox: the day when the hours of sunlight equal those of darkness.

But it is more than that around Rossland as warm sunlight burrows into month old drifts and the hills take on a softer expectant look.

First bicycle tourists appear on the ave-nue

As another sure sign of spring, the Golden City saw her first 1939 bicycle traffic get underway on Columbia Avenue.

As yet there is only a narrow bit of hard surfacing showing up, but it seems to be enough just to test the wheels out on.

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There is weekly evidence to prove what Rosslanders already know about themselves: Golden City resi-

dents excel at traversing the slippery, snowy slopes of alpine runs.

Every week people like Kaysa Panke step up and show the province and the alpine racing world how well Rosslanders can navigate sloped race courses.

Last week Rosslander Kimberly Joines brought worldwide attention to the city with her bronze medal finish in the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games—her second Paralympic medal—and fellow Rosslander Ian Lockey did Canada and the city proud with his finish (21st) in men’s para-snowboard cross.

The three are just a sample of the ath-letic excellence that comes regularly out of Rossland, led by strong programs like the Red Mountain Racers, Black Jack Ski Club, and the former Rossland Secondary School Royals’ coach Rick McKinnon.

The wealth of talent that regularly rises from the city’s ranks is on display at the now-named Rossland Summit School, but the latest achievements of these three ath-letes should be added to the hall of fame.

And, with the ski season not yet over, likely more achievements to come.

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Although the district knew it would be down that many students in September, Ganzert said, they didn’t anticipate that many last school year.

“There is no question about it, it certainly was,” he said about the “Rossland effect” of the creation of an independent school. “We hope that now we are now stable, but we won’t know that until of September.”

As a result, he said up to 4.5 full-time-equivalent teacher positions will be cut across the district to deal with the funding reduction. He said those posi-tions could be lost through attrition.

To help deal with the deficit, school district staff compiled a “long list” of ideas to balance the budget. The list was released March 11 along with a survey seeking public input.

One of the proposals is to charge for bussing. Free bus-

sing of students from Rossland to Trail was a selling point in convincing parents of the merit of sending secondary students down the hill.

The district could charge $50 to $100 per student each year for bussing, or eliminate all bussing and provide $35 per month per child to those who are outside walk limits (a sav-ings of $375,294).

“If you are speaking of charging kids for bussing, that’s district wide,” and not just for Rossland, said Ganzert. “I don’t think trustees want to go in that direction, but some districts have.”

Other proposals for cuts that could affect Rossland include:

• reduce Rossland clerical to be consistent with schools of a similar size and configuration;

• eliminate elementary teacher librarians (Rossland reduces from 0.5 to 0.2 fte);

• eliminate library assistants in all schools;

• eliminate school iPads/laptops/secondary lab replace-

ments. The list is to educate the public, said Ganzert, to show them what are some of the things the school district could be forced to do.

“But these are proposals,” said Ganzert. “In the end we are going to resolve the budget issues without much of an impact on the general public that way. What will be coming is studying the long list and deciding what things we are serious about.”

The list is far reaching, said Greg Luterbach, superinten-dent of schools, in an email that accompanied the budget adjustment list.

“We also are very sensitive to the fact that many of the items on the list may impact our employees’ livelihoods.”

The long list includes the reduction of up to five teachers to match the 3,786 students anticipated next school year, down from a previous enrol-ment of 3,915 students.

The final budget must be submitted by the end of April.

The city’s school heating system is about to get a facelift.

As part of a provincial carbon cutting initia-tive the school district will be given up to a maximum of $306,593 to replace the aging boil-ers at Rossland Summit School (RSS)—projected to save the district $15,000 per year.

School District 20 board chair Darrell Ganzert said the grant money coming from the Ministry of Education is specific for the project.

Although improving the efficiency of the heating system for the school—expected to be completed later this year—is paramount, the district will be looking to stretch its dollars on the project.

“If we can get a sweet deal we might be able to clean up a lot more than just the boiler,” said Ganzert, but take care of the drinking water problem at the school as well. “So we’re going to try and do the most we can with that money in Rossland.”

According to the district’s facility review, improving the drinking water for the fountains

in Rossland is high on the list. Students at RSS have been drinking bottled water since lead was found in the water in 2009.

If the extra money can’t be found in the boiler project, Ganzert said the district is working at getting the province to free up $750,000 from the sale of MacLean Elementary School to allow it, among other things, to help resolve the drinking water issue in Rossland. The money is locked into a restricted capital fund—one which the province says the district must earmark for the construction of new schools.

In early February the school district applied to the province to release capital funds from the sale of Rossland’s MacLean School.

Ganzert said the district used all of its capital reserve money last year to convert Rossland Secondary School to an elementary school.

“Now we are down to zero in that fund. We would like to replenish that fund and, in so doing, fix that drinking water in Rossland,” he said.

Should the ministry decide against releasing funds, then replacing RSS lead water pipes will be deferred and added to the list of capital pri-orities.

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She was just select-ed for the B.C. Team at Whistler Cup, an inter-national ski race with over 24 countries com-peting, based on her performance in the U14 season and the provincial finals.

In the overall U14 provincial standing for the women, Panke placed third.

She capped her club coup in the four-day, two-run combined provincial race in Whistler last weekend, winning two silver and one bronze medal

“It was fun. Fun to be around everyone,” she said about the weekend, adding that “it’s awesome” to be

named to the B.C. Team. Now Panke is looking forward to “being around the top kids” in racing in the province.

U14 championshipsNinety four ladies

and 104 men compet-ed in this year’s U14 P r o v i n c i a l Championships held at Sun Peaks Resort north of Kamloops.

The Red Mountain Racer’s competing in the championships included Panke, Sammie Gaul, Gavin Patterson, Orion Humpherys, Mattias Hofmann, Noah Lunn and Logan Merringer.

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ed two silvers and one bronze medal perfor-mance from Panke, a fourth, sixth and ninth from Gaul and an 11th, 15th and 11th place finish by Patterson.

F”or many of our racers competing at the U14 Provincials, this was their first year in this age group and they all did incredibly well,” said Andison. “We have a very strong group of skiers coming up and they will be exciting to watch next season.”

Overall championsAs part of the pro-

vincial championships the overall provincial champion is awarded.

For the men, Jamie Cassleman of Kimberley was pre-sented with the top spot. He spent the fall in France training with the Red Mountain

Racers in Tignes so the team “was very excit-ed to see him have such great success.”

In the overall pro-vincial standing for the women, Panke placed third and Gaul ninth. Panke’s results have secured her spot on the B.C. Team at the Whistler Cup International Race Series held the first week of April.

Racers’ FIS teamThe Red Mountain

Racers’ FIS team spent most of the past month on the road.

First they attended a speed camp followed by a race series in Kimberley, and most recently they were competing in the Washington State in Super G, Giant Slalom and Slalom races.

There were 106 rac-ers from all over the world competing in the latest race series.

“It was a great experience for Jamis Beattie, Madison Eggert and Patrick Cometta with a good solid track,” said Andison.

Cometta was able put down a 16th place finish in Super G.

The boys are home for one week before heading to the final competitions of the year held in Whistler and Grouse.

For his effort, Cometta was awarded the most improved racer two days in a row at the Les Schwab Open last week as a result of his Super G performance where he placed 16th.

Upcoming eventsThe U16 athletes

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The effectiveness of the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Board was called into question in light of a proposed strategic plan being put on the table.

Jim Gustafson, consultant for the City of Castlegar, addressed council in late February to further explain the intent of the proposed strategic plan for West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital District. He asked council to answer three questions relating to acute health care, but council did not feel comfortable with the questions, considering it did not have the facts on what was needed.

“If this is what is going to go on record … I don’t feel comfortable with this as far as it being a proper study,” said councilor Jody Blomme. “And I don’t think we are the people that should be answering those questions.”

“I’m still not sure what the goal of this process is,” said councilor Kathy Wallace, the city’s representative on the board.

The debate quickly turned into a criticism of the district board, and it’s perceived lack of effectiveness. Wallace said there was very little authority at the regional hospital board level—something discussed at length within the board.

“(As a board) we have absolutely no authority over operational matters.

All it is a rubber stamping body,” she said. “IH supplies its capital list for the year, and the hospital board says, ‘Okay, we will tax for 40 per cent of that list.’”

Council was asked if the commu-nity supported proceeding with mul-tiple studies in partnership with Interior Health to advance acute care planning and potential future capital investments within the region. It answered it would as long as the prov-ince footed the bill.

The top three acute care issues in Rossland and a recommendation to the board for their future consider-ation on their authority and responsi-bility were met with some resistance on council. Blomme said city council did not feel it was qualified enough to have an answer.

Wallace said the third question dealt with operational matters and the board had no mandate to deal with that.

“Health care in our geographical region needs more creativity in order to address issues of accessibility to residents throughout our area,” she said.

Ultimately council directed staff to reply with a general answer.

“We don’t feel we have expertise or it is within our mandate to answer these, but we have gathered some information that may be useful to you,” read a line from a letter from council.

The jury said, one day after it was announced that Joines had won silver, “Schaffelhuber had not gained a competitive advantage from her start and therefore should not have been disqualified.”

That mean the German’s combined time was enough to win gold, while her teammate Anna-Lena Forster took silver.

Joines finished her two runs in a combined time of two minutes, 15.16 seconds.

Heading into the Games Lockey was not too con-cerned about the com-petition he would face since he has been com-peting with the best in the world for a few years.

“I’m not super ner-vous as I’ve done the prep work,” he said. “No need to worry. If I can’t do it now, it’s a bit late to learn it.”

Tyler Mosher of Whistler placed 12th in 1:59.80 and Lockey finished with a time of 2:10.26.

The U.S.’ Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel claimed all three medals in the men’s competition. Strong took gold with a combined effort of 1:43.61, with Shea one second behind (1:44.18) and Gabel’s combined time of 1:47.10.

“(B)oth Ian and Tyler also did a fantastic job,” said Heise, the director of sport development for Canada Snowboard.

“This means a lot for the future of the sport. It’s a place for us to start, to continue to grow and excel, and we have expectations of excellence. We intend to be on the podium in a very prominent way in 2018.”

For a video of Kimberly Joines’ medal ceremony from Sochi, and a post-race interview with Ian Lockey, go to www.rosslandnews.com.

Admissions are now being accepted for the 2014–2015 school year at the Seven Summits Centre for Learning.

Seven Summits is heading into its second year of operation in partner-ship with SelfDesign Learning Community and offers a learner-cen-tered, inquiry-based learning approach, including the entire B.C. Grade 8-12 high school graduation program, as well as a diverse suite of dynamic inde-pendent study choices and community initiatives.

The school’s mentors and learning consultants (B.C. certified teachers) Jonny Coleshill, Melanie Boothe and D’Arcy Ziprick inspired 35 full and part-time students in the first year in their core academic and elective stud-ies, as well as to participate in many community-based programs and initia-tives including camping, avalanche and backcountry training, first aid training, yoga, guitar lessons, biathlon, and more.

Red Mountain Academy athletes also attended Seven Summits, and worked with flexible hours so they could focus on their training and rac-ing. Special education and ESL pro-grams were offered, and there were many community volunteers who worked with the students at Seven Summits, offering their expertise.

The majority of the students were local, but Seven Summits also had 10 international and out-of-province stu-dents, many who did homestay.

Tuition will riseThe biggest challenge in the first

year was the lack of an administrator. Instead, all of that work has been and is being done by the Visions for Small Schools (VSS) volunteer board so tuition fees could be kept as low as possible.

“But that is not sustainable, unfortu-nately,” read a release from VSS. “After much discussion, the board has made the difficult decision to raise tuition fees to $2,100 per student.”

VSS is doing this because the school needs professional staff to manage the school, as opposed to a band of dedi-cated but over-worked volunteers.

“The addition of an administrator will be a major improvement, with this staff person focusing on program development, more supervision and parental support, being a community liaison, grant writing, career counsel-ing and much more.”

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FAN Regional Capacity-Building Coordinator

The Family Action Network (FAN) of the Lower Columbia Society requires contract support for the position of Regional Coordinator (RC) to implement its strategic priorities. The FAN Board of Directors is looking for a personable, innovative community development professional to support us in building a unique regional “network” that will support optimal life experiences for families with young children in the Lower Columbia. The RC will be responsible for participating in our identified priority projects.

• Plan, coordinate, evaluate, and grow FAN’s biannual ASQ Screening Day event.

• Develop, in conjunction with website design professionals and community stakeholders, the FAN one-stop website; oversee public launch and celebration of the website.

We are looking for an experienced community development professional, with a minimum of 3 years experience. A university degree or equivalent combination of proven experience and postsecondary education, with focus in one or more areas of Leadership, Community Development, Social Work, Early Childhood, Project Management, Health Services, preferred.The RC is expected to work approximately 25 hours/week for 45 weeks per year.Applicants are requested to submit a resume along with a cover letter that illustrates their experience, competencies and abilities to successfully meet FAN’s deliverables to [email protected]. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Application deadline is 4 pm on Friday, April 4th.

For a full job description go to http://document.li/87hrFor more info e-mail: [email protected]

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We will be printing 10,000 copies, and the magazine

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CENTRAL Alberta Ford Dealership, looking to expand the Service De-partment. Journeyman Auto Techni-cians required. 3rd and 4th year ap-prentices also invited to apply. Competitive Wages and Benefi ts. Moving allowances available. Apply online to [email protected], or visit our website atwww.lambford.com

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Medical/DentalRN’S & LPN’S

Registered Nurses &Licensed Practical Nurses

Bayshore Home Health is currently seeking Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses for night shifts in the Castlegar/Nelson area to work with children with complex care needs. If you are an RN or LPN and love working with children and their families , we would appreciate hearing from you. Pediatric experience is an asset and we do offer client specifi c training.

Please send your resume & cover letter to:pedsvancouver@

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Trades, TechnicalAUTOMOTIVE Technician needed immediately in Vernon BC. We are a busy independent shop doing all types of diagnosing, maintenance and repairs. Wages are $25/hr but negotiable. We are located in the desirable North [email protected] 250-545-3378

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Trades, TechnicalBALDFACE - Assistant Cat Ski Guide Baldface Lodge in Nelson BC is looking for an energetic Assistant Ski Guide. You should bring integrity and professionalism to the job while creating a fun and safe environment for our guests to create the ultimate ski/board-ing vacation. Shifts are 7days on and 7 days off now through the end of the 2014 season. Qualifi cations: *Certifi ed Ski/Snowboard Guide (Level 2 CSGA or ACMG Apprentice Guide) *Level 2 Avalanche Technician (Canadian Ava-lanche Association) *Ad-vanced First Aid Attendant (80+ hours) *2+years experi-enced mechanized ski or snowboard guide (cat skiing preferred) Compensation: $225+ per day depending on qualifi cations and experience plus food and accommoda-tions for 7 day shifts at the lodge Please send resume and cover letter to [email protected] and use “Assistant Ski Guide” as sub-ject line. www.baldface.net

ENSIGN IS looking for Assist-ant Drillers, Drillers, Night Tour Pushes, and Rig Managers for our Australian Division. Re-cruiter’s will be in Nisku, Alber-ta, March 31 - April 9 to con-duct interviews. If you want to hear more about our Interna-tional opportunities please contact our Global group and apply online ensignjobs.com. Call 1-888-367-4460.

GPRC, FAIRVIEW Campus, Alberta needs Power Engi-neering Instructors. No teach-ing experience, no problem. Please contact Brian Carreau at 780-835-6631 and/or visit our website at www.gprc.ab.ca

HEAVY DUTYMECHANIC WANTEDYRB Yellowhead Road & Bridge

Yellowhead Road & Bridge (Kootenay) Ltd. is looking

for a Mechanic for our New Denver facility.

Applicants will need to hold a valid TQ for Heavy Duty or Commercial Transport, class

three driver’s licence andMotor Vehicle Inspection

licence would be an asset.

Resumes can be faxed to 250-352-2172 or

e-mailed to [email protected]

JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC is required for coastal logging operations near Woss, BC. Year round employment with full benefi ts. Further details can be found atwww.hdlogging.com Please fax resume to 250-287-9259.

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LICENSED PLUMBER/GAS FITTER

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Alterations/Dressmaking

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EquestrianFARRIER, BWFA cert. Shoe-ing, Trims 250-792-2112, 250-509-4138. [email protected]

PetsREG Bluenose APBT puppies for sale. Razors Edge/Gotti bloodlines, all blue/white markings. 250-877-3564 or email northernfl [email protected] for pics/info

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Estate Sales

ESTATE SALE:Antiques, collectibles,furniture, dolls, toys,

Christmas decorations.Mar 15th 9am - 1pmMar 16th 1pm - 4pmMar 22nd 9am - 1pm

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WINDOW Air Conditioner,Large computer desk, and more. 250-364-1843

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1st Trail Real Estate

1252 Bay Avenue, Trail 250.368.5222 1993 Columbia Ave, Rossland 250.362.5200WWW.COLDWELLBANKERTRAIL.COM

Nathan Kotyk 250-231-9484

Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

Marie Claude Germain 250-512-1153

Rossland $349,900

Marie Claude MLS# 2395423

Rossland $124,900


Rossland $69,900


Rossland $59,900


Rossland $279,900


Rossland $179,900


Warfield $149,000

Nathan MLS# 2395554

Warfield $129,000

Nathan MLS# 2391999

Trail $109,900

Nathan MLS# 2214582

Fruitvale$139,000

Rhonda MLS# 2393449

Montrose $495,000

Rhonda MLS# 2393112

Warfield$194,900

Rhonda MLS# 2393875

Genelle$319,900

Rob MLS# 2393958

Fruitvale $164,900

Rob MLS# 2393806

Rossland $399,000

Rob MLS# 2392108

Renata$249,000

Rob MLS# 2215536

Renata$235,500

Rob MLS# 2215924

Trail $135,000

Rob MLS# 2393731

Warfield $234,900

Rhonda MLS# 2389662

Fruitvale $139,900

Rhonda MLS# 2393772

Fruitvale $214,000

Rhonda MLS# 2392778

New Listing

House & Acreage 2 Bdrm, View,

Top Corner Unit 1 Bdrm Furnished,

New Appliances

2 Bed Home + SuiteRenovated Duplex1 Bdrm

Furnished

4 BedroomsPriced to SELL!

Great Starter! Executive

Upgrades DoneIncome Potential

Very Well Priced

5.1 Acres

Gorgeous Yard

1 Acre

FINANCIAL PLAN PUBLIC CONSULTATIONPublic Process on the 2014-2018

Financial Plan and BudgetWednesday, April 2, 2014 @ 7:00 pm

A public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 2, 2014 starting at 7:00 p.m. at Rossland City Hall, 1899 Columbia Avenue to attend a

presentation on the City s proposed budget and year nancial plan.

This will be a public meeting regarding the budget and nancial plan and attendees will have an opportunity to receive the

presentation, ask questions and comment regarding the proposed plan.

Please come out and help Council draft a Financial Plan for your City.

A Copy of the Plan is available on www.rossland.ca

Real Estate

Houses For Sale2005 SRI Double Wide

MODULAR HOME24x44 in Triangle Gardens. 45 years and up. Vaulted

ceiling, open plan, bay win-dow, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, pantry, low maintenance, gas heat,

air conditioning, 5 appl’s, UGS, landscaped, covered

deck & carport, other features, must see.

250-442-8676

Other Areas20 ACRES $0 Down, Only $119/mo. Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas. Beautiful Mountain Views! Money Back Guarantee Call 1-866-882-5263 Ext. 81www.sunsetranches.net

Rentals

Homes for Rent2 bdrm, 2 bath at 3 mile on the lake $1500/m + util825-4700 or 825-2200

TRAIL, 2bdrm., full basement, garage, nice view. F/S, W/D, N/S, N/P. $850. 250-365-5003

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

Auto Financing

Legal Notices

Transportation

Auto Financing

Auto Loans. All Credit Approved. Bad Credit Guru. www.badcreditguru.com or call 1.844.843.4878

Cars - Domestic2002 Oldsmobile Alero, 4cy, 5sp manual, 2 dr coop, 107,000 original km, runs and looks like new. Car is in Grand Forks. Driven daily. $3,000. 250-442-0122 / 250-493-1807.

Cars - Sports & Imports

2002 Nissans, 4cyl 2.5 & 1.8, Altima 187,000km & Sentra, auto & 5 speed, both 4dr and new snow tires. $2,500 & $4,900. 250-442-0122 or 250-493-1807. Run and look excel-lent. Sentra one owner, non smoker, 5 speed. Grand Forks

2005 MAZDA 5, Red, 187,000kms. Loaded. Mount-ed snows. $7,450. 250-364-1940

Trucks & Vans1987 Dodge Dakota, reg cab, long box, auto, V6, one owner, 169,000km, very clean, cano-py, 2 wheel drive, $1,800/obo. 250-442-0122 or 250-493-1807. Grand Forks

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The BC Government is proposing to offl oad the province’s world-class recycling programs, run by local municipalities, to an association led by big multi-national corporations. The idea is that we’ll get a better, more effi cient program that costs taxpayers less.

Unfortunately, what we’ll really end up with is anyone’s guess.

The association isn’t guaranteeing that we’ll get a better program, or even one as good as the current Blue Box program already in place. Since the association is led by big businesses outside of BC, many of whom are not even headquartered in Cana-da, one could presume that profi ts will come before

environmental stewardship. They usually do. They also won’t guarantee that there won’t be any job cuts here in BC.

And how is this supposed to make things better for BC?

Currently, BC homeowners only pay, on average, $35 a year for curbside recycling. Under the proposed regime, you’ll pay more. Every time you bring home a pizza, buy toilet paper,

or pretty much anything else that comes in a package, businesses will be passing their increased costs on to you.

How much more? Well, nobody’s saying.

Here’s the only thing anyone does know: we already have a Blue Box program that works, is effi cient, managed locally and puts the BC environment fi rst. So why is the BC government fl ipping a coin, bringing in a questionable recycling program that some of our local elected offi cials are already calling a “scam?”

It’s time to contact Premier Clark and ask her.

What’s going on here?

Email Christy Clark at [email protected] or call 250-387-1715. For more info, visit RethinkItBC.ca. #RethinkItBC.

This Message is brought to you by:

Heads: you get a worse recycling program.

Tails: you get to pay more for it.

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